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• You can contact me at w0is@arrl.net
• My law office web page
• Visit my blog at OneTubeRadio.com

• Amateur Radio
• Emergency Preparedness
• Outdoors and Camping
• Scouting
• Families and Kids
• Miscellaneous

Amateur Radio

• I'm the author of the following study guides for FCC amateur and commercial exams:
  • Plain-English Study Guide for the FCC Amateur Radio Technician Class License
  • Plain-English Study Guide for the FCC Amateur Radio General Class License
  • Plain-English Study Guide for the FCC Marine Radio Operator Permit
  • Plain-English Study Guide for the General Radiotelephone Operator License (GROL)
• Local restrictions on amateur radio antennas
• Listing of Old QSL's (1970's) sent to WN0MEB, WB0MEB, and W0IS
• How to renew your amateur radio license
• Equipment
  • Review of Yaesu VX-3R
  • Ham Gear on Amazon.com
  • You can never own too many Cheap Shortwave Receivers.
  • Cheap Chinese Handhelds for 70 cm and 2 meters
  • Cheap 222 MHz rigs
  • Disposable tablet computers
• A Fan Dipole for 80 through 6 Meters. My article from QST, June, 2010.
• Radio History
  • How to find an old call sign if you know a name
  • Old radio and telegraph books for your Kindle, PC, or e-reader
  • Some interesting documents regarding Russell Anderson, 9BTV, a young ham in the 1920's
  • Hiram Percy Maxim, W1AW
    • Books, and even a Hollywood movie, by and about "The Old Man"
    • Life's Place in the Cosmos, 1933
  • Radio Boys: Early Radio Fiction
  • Books by Alfred P. Morgan
• How to stock your electronic junk box.
• My profile at qrz.com
• Discount hotel rooms for the Dayton Hamvention
• Baofeng UV-5R
• The Outstanding In Their Field Amateur Radio Field Day Club for Field Day 2020.
• Basic science
  • What are electromagnetic waves?
  • What is radio transmission?

Emergency Preparedness

• Emergency Communications
  • Emergency Communications Primer
  • Emergency Communications Guide Kindle Book
  • CB Antenna Basics
  • How to Check your SWR
  • Battery Powered and 12 volt televisions
  • Cheap Cell Phones for Emergency Use
  • Electromagnetic Pulse Bibliography
  • GMRS Licensing Information
• Food storage
  • Food Storage Basics
  • Emergency Food Storage Staples
  • Canned Bread
• Emergency Preparedness and Civil Defense Free E-Books
• TEOTWAWKI Fiction
• I'm the author of Caretaker, a post-apocalyptic novel.
• 1962 Civil Defense Operational and Survival Plan of the City of St. Paul. Available for free online viewing.

Outdoors and Camping

• Accessories for Popup Campers and Small RV's
• Refrigerators for Popup Campers and Small RV's
• How to Make Coffee Without Electricity
• Temporary Trailer Lights
• Power Adapters for Pop Up Campers and RV's ("Can I plug my camper in at home?")
• Water Pressure Regulators
• Putting a trailer hitch on a passenger car
• Power Inverters
• Solar fire starter

Scouting

• I'm a scout leader and merit badge counselor in the Northern Star Council of the BSA.
• I'm a counselor for Radio Merit Badge and also offer a follow-up class for Scouts who want to earn their Amateur Radio License. No sessions are currently scheduled, but information about a prior class is available at this page.
• I'm a counselor for Signs, Signals, and Codes Merit Badge.
• During COVID-19, I have counseled the Citizenship in the Nation Merit Badge to scouts in four states by telephone conference call. Click here for information on future sessions: Citienship in the Nation Merit Badge online
• I was on the staff of K2BSA at the 2013 National Scout Jamboree.
• Scouting Heritage Merit Badge
• Citizenship in the Nation Merit Badge
• 1973 National Scout Jamboree Wide Game

Families and Kids

• Click here to order your 2021 Christmas Wretah!
• Rivals of the Trail (Kindle Book). I scanned and OCR'ed this 1913 book, which is now in the public domain. Kids who like outdoor activities love this kind of book. Unfortunately, this kind of book isn't really available any more.
• Free Kindle Games
• French Children's Books
• How to Make a Hectograph
• How to Send and Receive Secret Messages With a One-Time Pad
• Kindle Book: Koala Junior and the Big Snow
• Online Grocery Coupons

Miscellaneous Links

• Travel Links
  • Review of the Hotel Ibis Calais, Calais, France
  • Branson Surrey Inn, Branson, MO
• Theology
  • Audio Bible
  • Book of Concord
  • Free theological books for your Kindle
  • Christ Lutheran Church on Capitol Hill
• Inexpensive Assistive Listening Device Receivers
• More Product Reviews and Information
  • Review of the WikiReader Pocket Wikipedia Reader
  • Refilling ink cartridges.
  • Riding Lawnmower and Lawn Tractor Buyer's Guide
  • RV Power Adapters
  • My singer-songwriter friend Dan Koopmans has released a Christmas MP3: A Miracle Came
  • Safely view the next solar eclipse
  • Clic reading glasses
  • Books about marine archaeology
  • An Issue to Consider Before the Eclipse: Should Schools Teach The Kids, Or Should They Worry About Getting Sued?
  • Filler Items for Free Amazon Shipping
  • Summaries of recent appellate decisions
• More of My Books
  • My Amazon Author Page
  • How to pass the California driver's license written test.
• How to make money on the Internet
  • My review of Amazon Mechanical Turk
• My wife is a rep for Usborne Books
  
• My law office web page
  • Inexpensive Continuing Legal Education for Minnesota Attorneys
  • If you need a legal opinion for an EV-SSL application, I offer that service, and in most cases, the cost is only $99.
• The Mexican group Pandora
• How to put the entire 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica on your Kindle.
• How to get Wikipedia links to your website
• Old Swedish recipes dating to the 1890's or 1900's
• MyEclipseGlasses.com

I'll be making available a number of classic schematic diagrams on coffee mugs and a variety of other products. This 1920 regenerative receiver schematic is currently available. To see all of these products, please follow this link.

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